Cricut Gypsy Promotion

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Provo Craft has a new campaign that will promote their
four new Cricut cartridges and their newly introduced Cricut Gypsy,
which enables Cricut lovers to craft on the go. They are running a
contest, The Great Gypsy Escape, September 1 – October 15, 2009.

Win a Gypsy and the Trip of a Lifetime We’re giving away over 200
Gypsies, 20 travel packages, or a “Cricut Swarm” in one of five fabulous locations!

Contest details:
We’ve hidden 221 winning cards inside our four newest cartridges-so
221 lucky people will win a Cricut Gypsy! Twenty of those people will
also win a $2,000 travel voucher for their own “great escape.” And one
lucky person will not only win a Gypsy, but a $30,000 grand prize to
“swarm” with their friends in one of five fabulous locations!

How to win:
Purchase one of four new Cricut cartridges for a chance to win a
Gypsy-or even a Gypsy and a trip! Look for winning cards in the new
Paper Dolls Everyday, From My Kitchen, Sweethearts, and Winter Woodland
cartridges.

Click here for more information.

When my daughter was younger she had a ton of LEGO bricks, and I’m honestly a little sad we got rid of most of them because there are so many fun things to do with LEGOs outside of the kits you bought them in.

I love seeing all the ideas people have for LEGO building challenges, and I have shared some ideas for LEGO games before, but I saw one on Pinterest the other day that I felt was worth a mention.

This one is for those ’80s and ’90s kids who spent sick days home from school watching “The Price is Right”: LEGO Plinko!

For those who don’t know about Plinko, the original was a giant peg board set up at an angle and the contestant would drop a flat disc at the top of the board. As it moved down the board it would hit the pegs and change the way it moved, and there would be different prizes in the slots at the bottom where the piece would land.

This version from Play Party Game works on the same principle, using LEGO bricks to make the game board and marbles in place of the Plinko disc since your game board isn’t flat.

You can really use whatever bricks you have for this build, and while it shows all the pegs the same size and evenly spaced, you can play with different configurations and see what happens. It’s engineering and a game!

And while you’re playing with your LEGOs, make sure to check out this post from Kids Craft Room that includes minute to win it style games you can do with LEGO. From speed sorting to tower building as fast as you can, these ideas are sure to get you thinking about different ways to play with LEGO.

And if you need even more ideas, check out my post with LEGO building challenges you can print out for kids (and adults!) to try.

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